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From: itd2b@poe.acc.Virginia.EDU (Ingo Tobias Duckerschein)
Subject: Are /src files necessary?
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Date: Sun, 20 Jun 1993 17:17:32 GMT
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I was wondering if the /src files are necessary if I do not intend
on rebuilding the kernel?  (I'm totally foreign to administrating
a UNIX system, so please forgive my naive question).  Also, what
does one do with the files extracted from the src01.* series?
What files do you compile with them?  Why are they necessary?

Any friendly help would be greatly appreciated.  I read the faq,
and I'm no further along in understanding than I was to begin with.

Thank you very much for your time.